hirsutus

Latin

Etymology

From hī̆rsus (variant of hī̆rtus) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hiːrˈsuː.tus/, [hiːrˈs̠uːt̪ʊs̠] or IPA^(key): /hirˈsuː.tus/, [hɪrˈs̠uːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /irˈsu.tus/, [irˈsuːt̪us]

Adjective

hī̆rsūtus (feminine hī̆rsūta, neuter hī̆rsūtum, comparative hī̆rsūtior, superlative hī̆rsūtissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly
2. hairy, hirsute

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	hī̆rsūtus	hī̆rsūta	hī̆rsūtum		hī̆rsūtī	hī̆rsūtae	hī̆rsūta
Genitive	hī̆rsūtī	hī̆rsūtae	hī̆rsūtī		hī̆rsūtōrum	hī̆rsūtārum	hī̆rsūtōrum
Dative	hī̆rsūtō	hī̆rsūtae	hī̆rsūtō		hī̆rsūtīs
Accusative	hī̆rsūtum	hī̆rsūtam	hī̆rsūtum		hī̆rsūtōs	hī̆rsūtās	hī̆rsūta
Ablative	hī̆rsūtō	hī̆rsūtā	hī̆rsūtō		hī̆rsūtīs
Vocative	hī̆rsūte	hī̆rsūta	hī̆rsūtum		hī̆rsūtī	hī̆rsūtae	hī̆rsūta

Derived terms

• comes hī̆rsūtus
• hī̆rsūtia
• hī̆rsūtiēs

 

Descendants

• Catalan: hirsut
• English: hirsute
• French: hirsute
• Galician: hirsuto
• Italian: irsuto
• Portuguese: hirsuto
• Spanish: hirsuto

References

• “hirsutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “hirsutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “hirtus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 286
• hirsutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.